T.N. CM Stalin inaugurates work for proposed eco-park on Guindy Madras Race Course campus

The State government has proposed to develop a 118-acre eco-park, including the development of four ponds as flood-control and rainwater preservation measures, at the Madras Race Club grounds

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday (November 1, 2025) inaugurated a horticulture nursery, launched a tree plantation drive, and initiated bund strengthening works for the development of ponds at the proposed eco-park on the Madras Race Club campus at Guindy in Chennai.

The State government has proposed to develop a 118-acre eco-park, including the development of four ponds as flood-control and rainwater preservation measures, at the Madras Race Club grounds, with an aim to repurpose and adaptively transform the area into a vibrant public space that supports biodiversity, promotes environmental learning, and brings people closer to nature.

The proposed eco-park project will feature a water fountain plaza, waterbodies, an open activity lawn, dense green pockets and an experimental forest, a children’s play area, themed gardens, an aviary habitat centre, an arboretum, an elevated walkway, walking tracks, viewing decks, bird habitat islands, herbal gardens, and gazebos.

Mr. Stalin also inspected the nursery, which has horticultural crops including asparagus, anthurium, poinsettia, dracaena, aglaonema, rose varieties, bougainvillea, and marigold. Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, Ministers M.R.K. Panneerselvam, Ma. Subramanian, and P.K. Sekarbabu, and veteran journalist N. Ram were among those present.